Dae yong, Byun
Born 1972 in Busan, Korea
Lives and works in Busan
BFA in Busan National University
MFA in Busan National University
Studying D.A in Busan National University
Solo Exhibition
2015 'Stroll', Resom Forest Art Hall, Jecheon, Korea
'The Chunk', Mibu Arts Center, Busan, Korea
2014 'Eating Icecreame', ART SPACE-Alliance Français, Busan, Korea
'Study Chromatics', Simin Gallery, Busan, Korea
'The Chunk', Space Onewll, Seoul Korea / Mibu Artcenter, Busan, Korea
2013 'For Your Consolation', Amway Gallery, Kyunggido, Korea
2012 'For Your Consolation', Ibae Gallery, Busan Korea
2011 'The World Within', Lotte Gallery, Kyunggido, Korea
2010 'You Are Me, I Am You', Gallery Royal, Seoul, Korea
2009 'A Curious Mermaid', Sinsegae Gallery Centum City, Busan, Korea
' Borrowed Gloves', ART FACTORY in DADAEPO, Busan, Kroea
'A Crane in Boots and a Polar Bear Eating Icecream', Gong Gan Gallery, Busan, Korea
2008 'Nekton & Plankton', Songeun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Red Bear', Hanhyanglim Gallery, Kyunggido, Korea
2007 'In The Same Bed But With Different Dreams', Kim's Art Field, Busan, Korea
2006 'Thirst', Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea/ Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
2000 'Exhibition By Dream', BNU Gallery, Busan, Korea
Group Exhibition
2015 'Animamic Biennale', Daegu Museum of Arts, Daegu, Korea
'Vivid Dream', Gimhae Cray Arch Museum, Kyungsangnamdo, Korea
'Kunst Project', MCM Pop Up Store, Seoul, Korea
'Out Of The Blue', Gimhae Airport, Busan, Korea
2014 'Cinderella', 63 SKY Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Made In Busan' Moving Triennale, International Passenger Terminal, Busan, Korea
'Mixed Up With', Gimhae Cray Arch Museum, Kyungsangnamdo, Korea
2013 'Pop Party', Insa Artcenter, Seoul, Korea
'Polar Bear Went To The South Pole', V Gallery- Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 'Jumpping Rope', Kyunghee University Museum of Arts, Kyunggido, Korea
'Come On Ground', Ilhyun Museum, Yangyang, Korea
'A Strange Zoo', Lotte Gallery, Paju, Korea
'Asia Art Festival', Sungsan Art Hall, Changwon, Korea
'Cartoon World', SOMA, Seoul, Korea
'Star Meets Art', Cheonan Arts Center, Cheonan, Korea
'The Wings of Imagination Are Stretched', Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
'Have A Lucky Dream', Sinsegae Gallery Centum City, Busan, Korea
'High Times, Haed Times', Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
'Raining From The Sky', Kosung Expo Museum, Kyungnam, Korea
'Plastic Days', Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Kungsangnamdo, Korea
'Face To Face', Kim's Art Field, Busan, Korea
2011 'Korean Contemporary Art', Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
'Magical Land, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeng, Korea
'Mr. Eco's Green Village', Ilhyun Museum of Arts, Kangwondo, Korea
'Cartoon Character Meets Art', Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
'Art Fighting', Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
'Sports Fantasy', Seoul Olympic Museum, Seoul, Korea
'Fun+Pop', Gwacheon Cultural Center, Kyunggido, Korea
'Save As Different Name', Korea Museum, Busan, Korea
'Easy Arts', Kim's Art Field, Busan, Korea
2000 'Korean Contemporary Sculpture', MBC, Chuncheon, Korea
'Decem-Satisfation', Ibae Gallery, Busan, Korea
'Fly in Hyeri', Hangil Gallery, Busan
'Revolution Of Instinct', ART FACTORY in DADAEPO, Busan, Korea
'Vitamin', Alvaro Siza Hall, Anyang, Korea
'Wow Funny Pop', Kyungnam Museum of Arts, Kyungsangnamdo, Korea
'Homo Ludens', Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonrabukdo, Korea
'Dream Virus', Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
'Local Wave', ART FACTORY, Heyri, Korea
'Collection For Kids', Migo Gallery, Busan, Korea
'Art in Superstar', Sungsan Arts Hall, Changwon, Korea
2009 'Bad Boys Here And Now', Kyunggido Museum of Arts, Kyunggido, Korea
'Pumping Heart', MK2 Art Space, Beijing, China
'The Theater', Samsung Cinema, Busan, Korea
Korea International Art Fair, Kim Jae Sun Gallery, COEX, Korea
'The Head', Kim's Art Field, Busan, Korea
'Eighteen Masterpieces', Nef Space, Seoul, Korea
'Lal La La', Lotte Gallery, Anyang, Korea
'Mind Vacation', Lotte Avenuel, Seoul, Korea
'Art For Children', Kolon Inc.,Kyunggido, Korea
'Art In Superstar', Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
'Inside Kitty', Sungnam Arts Center, Kyunggido, Korea
'New Vision Of Busan', BNU Gallery, Busan, Korea
'Allegories of 5 People', Doosan Art Square, Seoul, Korea
Korea Galleries Art Fair, Kim Jae Sun Gallery, BEXCO, Busan, Korea
2008 'Light & Site & Text', Busan Citizen Hall, Busan, Korea
'Art Is Now, Busan Biennale', Busan Cultural Center, Busan, Korea
'Kitty S', 63 Sky Gallery, Seoul, Korea
'Gulliver', Seoul Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea
'10th Anniversary of Busan Museum of Arts-Artists of Busan', Busan Museum of Modern Arts, Busan, Korea
'Party', Busan Maritime Museum, Busan, Korea
'The Spring', Arbazr, Busan, Korea
2007 'Open The House', Dongbaek Art Center, Busan, Korea
'Power Tower', Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea
'Funsters', Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
'Animal In Art', Sungnam Arts Center, Kyunggido, Korea
'Fashion In Art', Lotte Avenuel, Seoul, Korea
'Summer Essay', Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea
Alternative Space Bae, Busan, Korea
'Dorothy's Red Shoes- Why Not!', Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 '1st Anniversary Exhibition', Gimhae Arts Center', Busan, Korea
'The Face', Gimhae Arts Center, Busan, Korea
'Living Furniture', Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
'Asia Emerging Artist', Sungsan Arts Hall, Changwon, Korea
'My Best Friend, Art', Geojedo Cultural Center, Kyungsangnamdo, Korea
'Group-Newform', Busan Maritime Museum, Busan, Korea
'Propose of Cinderella', Hyundae Department Store Gallery, Busan, Korea
Collection
Tomato Saving Bank Headquarter, Eden Vally Ski Resort, Dangri Progio Building(Busan), Airport Express Samsung Station, Amore Pacific Museum, Pocheon Art Vally, HeungKuk Insurance Inc., Keyest Inc., Benta Korea Inc., Edison Museum(Gangwondo, Korea), Pohang Steel Arts Museum, MAKE SHOP Museum, HITE Foundation, Kim's Art Field Museum, Art Bank- Museum of Modern Art, Private Collections
Awards
2010 Busan Emersing Artist Awards
Songeun Cultural Foundation
Art Magazine- Public Art
2008 19th Busan Young Artist Awards
2000 Joongang Fine Arts Prize
Residence Program
2007-2009 ART FACTORY in DADAEPO, Busan, Korea
2012-2013 Jangheung Atelier, Kyunggido, Korea
2013 New Zero Art Space, Myanmar
Collaboration with Company
2013 Benta Korea Inc.- VORNADO Air Circulator
2011 ABSOLUT Vodca
Lotte Baseball Team
Public Art
2012 Finding Kaya in Dongrae
2011 A Road Project, Busan Korea
Art critique
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MManseok Kim
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Daeyong Byun is an excellent fable teller. His continuous "animal-human" motif is to suggest a true picture of society in a metaphorical way. We can approach his "animal-human" in two ways. One is "animalization of humans" and the other is "humanization of animals." The former reveals the process of humans becoming animals by letting human values in life, such as ethics toward others, be collapsed in the capitalistic system of exchange. The latter discloses the reality that the nature is subordinated to the culture by having been destroyed and all the worse possessed violently by the culture.
In other words, through two visual methods of "humanization" and "animalization," Daeyong Byun leads the viewers to look directly at the problems the world is facing today. In this solo exhibition, Daeyong Byun expresses the reality where the "animals" cannot but wear civilized "clothes/ equipments" and consequently he criticizes the reality where we only can reach "the nature," which the world is exterminating today, through the culture in irony. Isn't A Crane in Boots or A Polar Bear Eating Ice Cream recalling the issue of "ecosystem" and "environments" in the crisis? They visually testify the catastrophic scene of glaciers in the North Pole melting at an enormous speed.
Here we know why we should attach great importance to the visual language Daeyong Byun uses to create his work. His visual language is not autistic or exclusive as he diagnoses what "crisis" the world is facing today. Byun's "fables" bring the matters that have been ignored or considered secondary into the "apparent foreground" and so he expands the meaning of his visual language in the reality. Critical thinking about reality is necessary for the artist to use the evocative texts and "allegories,"which are clearly linked to social reality, naturally interlocking the texts with reality.
Of course, the allegorical method could put a limitation on the meaning of the visual language. However, Byun's "fables" are not as formulaic as in the general allegories. They are not educative or compulsory on the viewers with the artist's value judgment on the social circumstances, and thus they don't fall into cliches. In summary, the meaning in Daeyong Byun's work of art is not predetermined or interpreted in one way, but become abundant as the artist deals with the proposed issues in an approach to allow specific experiences as found in Hot Ice Cream.
Therefore, his fables are not just declaring the end of the planet Earth, but softly reminding us that we should take care of every corner of our life. Isn't "the power of fables" in the work by Daeyong Byun, who opens his eyes and ears to the fears in reality, giving us the strength to endure through the hard time? Most of all, the person who never returns, the irrevocable seasons and the vanishing animals... not to lament for them but to remember them all through the nights, we surely need such endurance.
